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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke told some officials in Utah that he will recommend revoking Bears Ears National Monument, suggesting the Trump administration has already made up its mind about the outcome of its so-called "review" of national monuments.

A new White House web page asks Americans which agencies they'd like to dismantle. Among those agencies are the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other critical environmental departments. Here's how we should respond.

Under an extreme and rarely-used law—the Congressional Review Act—Congress now enters the final days to act on nixing the Bureau of Land Management Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, also known as the BLM methane rule.

UPDATE: The Department of the Interior has announced it will soon open a public comment period on recent uses of the Antiquities Act, and listed the national monuments it will target for review under Trump's recent executive order, presumably with an eye toward reducing their protection.

Pushed by extremists in Congress, President Trump is considering diminishing Bears Ears' monument protection. This could leave thousands of sensitive archaeological and cultural sites at risk of vandalism and looting, and it would dash years of hard work by Native American tribes and others to protect this spectacular and sensitive landscape.